Stop Me

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Stop Me is a compilation album by

Background

In 1987 The Smiths'

The second single off Strangeways, Here We Come was scheduled to be "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before", an up-tempo pop-rock song. The song contains the lines

I crashed down on the

crossbar

And the pain was enough
To make a shy, bald Buddhist reflect

And plan a mass murder

Rough Trade deemed it unwise to release the song in the wake of the

The cover sleeve, designed as usual by Morrissey, features Murray Head in a still from the 1966 film The Family Way. The same design was used for the European and Australian 1987 single editions, but not for the contemporary UK single "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish", which had its own sleeve design (yet used the same B-sides as "Stop Me...").

Track listing

All songs written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr except as noted. Songs marked "*" are exclusive to this compilation.

1. "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" – 3:33
2. "Pretty Girls Make Graves" (early version) – 3:40
3. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" (live)* – 5:03
4. "Girlfriend in a Coma" – 2:02
5. "Work Is a Four-Letter Word" (
   Don Black
   )* – 2:45
6. "I Keep Mine Hidden"* – 2:47
7. "Sheila Take a Bow" – 2:42
8. "Is It Really So Strange?" (John Peel session) – 3:04
9. "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (John Peel session) – 3:36

Personnel

• Morrissey – voice, whistling^[2] on "I Keep Mine Hidden"
• Johnny Marr – guitar, piano
• Andy Rourke – bass guitar
• backing vocals
  on "Work Is a Four-Letter Word"

Additional musicians

• Audrey Riley – cello on "Pretty Girls Make Graves"
• Stephen Street – synthesized strings on "Girlfriend in a Coma"
• John Porter – slide guitar on "Sheila Take a Bow"

Production

• Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Stephen Street – producers (1, 4, 7-9)
• Troy Tate – producer (2)
• Grant Showbiz – producer (3, 5-6)

References